Paid Search Specialist

Are you an experienced, hands on performance marketer with a proven track record of smashing targets?
Do you want to work in an environment where innovation thrives?
Do you have a passion for analytical insights?
MVF are looking for an experienced Paid Search campaign specialist to join our award-winning performance marketing team. We are one of the World's largest customer acquisition businesses, with a core team in London working closely with our growing team in Austin, Texas. With annual marketing spend of over £50M and a team of 90 digital marketing experts at the forefront of new technology, we really are industry leaders when it comes to paid marketing.
Who Are We?
MVF is an award-winning customer acquisition business founded in the UK in 2009. We generate customers for businesses on our own platform, running performance based digital marketing to drive sales for our clients and profit for MVF. The result is the scale of an agency but the freedom and environment of an advanced in-house advertiser.
Why Join Us?
Complete campaign control and freedom

• Take ownership and responsibility for the performance of some of our largest campaigns from week one. MVF is a performance-first business and that means you have complete control over your campaigns. No client sign-off needed! As a result, you are completely free to try whatever you want to get the campaign to succeed.
• Because it is performance first, these results are instantly seen in the profit and margin that you and the team deliver.

World Class Marketing Team

• MVF has a high bar for talent and a great training academy. As a result you will be working with experts in their sector.
• The scale of the marketing team enables deep specialism in areas. For example we have one of the biggest Native advertising teams in the UK and sit in the top tier for every marketing partner we work with.
• Our SEM team is split across the UK and the US meaning we have expertise, experience and perspectives from across the globe feeding into our campaigns

MVF is one of the UK's biggest performance marketing spenders

• Our marketing spend is >£50M a year across a large number of platforms. From Search to YouTube, from TikTok to Taboola you will find an expert in everything.
• Your budgets are mostly limited by performance. If you can improve performance there is massive scope to grow scale.

What you'll be doing

• Hitting marketing plans and growing a portfolio of performance campaigns across Google Search/Display/Demand Gen/PMax and Bing, through in-depth performance analysis and implementation of optimisation activities & tests.
• Leading on testing and projects that enable the wider SEM team of 30+ move forward with new products and features.
• Dedicated project/personal development. We highly encourage you to find your own specialism within the business/team. This could be technical strength, creative design, other platform knowledge or anything you can think of.
• You will be collaborating with our Paid Search team in the UK while also working closely with our 3 Search team members in the Austin office

About you/Requirements for the role

• A minimum of 3 years of hands on campaign management experience on Google Ads (Search required, Display and/or YouTube preferred) including implementation of optimisation activities and tests
• Can work autonomously and deliver marketing performance & analysis
• Display strong communication skills and the ability to manage stakeholders of different seniorities
• Desire to test new platform features and help advance the team's strategy and knowledge by applying local marketing experience
• Evidence of processes and workflows designed or improved
• Evidence of strong analytical and numerical ability
• Loves taking on challenges beyond their current role
• Thrives in new environments
• Passion for self-development and learning new skills

What we're offering you:

• Summer Fridays
• Competitive holiday benefits - 25 days a year paid holiday, plus 8 bank holidays (increases 1 day a year up to 30 days)
• Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office
• Closed for Christmas holidays - Extra days not taken from your annual holiday allowance.
• Work from anywhere for 2 weeks a year
• Life Assurance and Income Protection to protect your loved ones
• Benefits allowance for health, dental, and vision coverage
• Six months paid maternity leave, and one month paid paternity leave (subject to qualifying conditions) inclusive of same-sex and adoptive parents
• Defined Contribution Pension and Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Be Well: Our award-winning wellbeing and mental health programme to support all MVFers and their families
• Family Forward support for our MVF parents and their mini-mes
• 2 charity days a year
• Free breakfast when in the office

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the foundation for MVF to build, promote and sustain a culture of trust, safety, growth and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our DEI guiding principles underpin how we build our teams, develop our talent, provide a fair working environment and create an ambitious company that reflects the diversity of our employees, customers, clients and partners, globally.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage all MVFers to respect, value and celebrate our differences, and commit to actions that ensure that we can belong and be authentic at MVF, without limitations or barriers.
We're committed to providing support and/or adjustments to those who may need them during employment. If you consider yourself someone who may need support or adjustments, please speak with your Line Manager, Department DEI Ambassador or People Partner.
We are diverse by nature, but inclusive by choice.